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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples
- Contents
- About This Book
- vSphere CLI Command Overviews
- Introduction
- List of Available Host Management Commands
- Targets and Protocols for vCLI Host Management Commands
- Supported Platforms for vCLI Commands
- Commands with an esxcfg Prefix
- ESXCLI Overview
- Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands
- Connection Options for DCLI Commands
- vCLI Host Management Commands and Lockdown Mode
- Managing Hosts
- Managing Files
- Managing Storage
- Introduction to Storage
- Examining LUNs
- Detaching Devices and Removing a LUN
- Working with Permanent Device Loss
- Managing Paths
- Managing Path Policies
- Scheduling Queues for Virtual Machine I/O
- Managing NFS/NAS Datastores
- Monitoring and Managing SAN Storage
- Monitoring and Managing Virtual SAN Storage
- Monitoring vSphere Flash Read Cache
- Monitoring and Managing Virtual Volumes
- Migrating Virtual Machines with svmotion
- Configuring FCoE Adapters
- Scanning Storage Adapters
- Retrieving SMART Information
- Managing iSCSI Storage
- iSCSI Storage Overview
- Protecting an iSCSI SAN
- Command Syntax for esxcli iscsi and vicfg-iscsi
- iSCSI Storage Setup with ESXCLI
- iSCSI Storage Setup with vicfg-iscsi
- Listing and Setting iSCSI Options
- Listing and Setting iSCSI Parameters
- Enabling iSCSI Authentication
- Setting Up Ports for iSCSI Multipathing
- Managing iSCSI Sessions
- Managing Third-Party Storage Arrays
- Managing NMP with esxcli storage nmp
- Path Claiming with esxcli storage core claiming
- Managing Claim Rules
- Managing Users
- Managing Virtual Machines
- vmware-cmd Overview
- Listing and Registering Virtual Machines
- Retrieving Virtual Machine Attributes
- Managing Virtual Machine Snapshots with vmware-cmd
- Powering Virtual Machines On and Off
- Connecting and Disconnecting Virtual Devices
- Working with the AnswerVM API
- Forcibly Stopping Virtual Machines with EXCLI
- Managing vSphere Networking
- Introduction to vSphere Networking
- Retrieving Basic Networking Information
- Network Troubleshooting
- Setting Up vSphere Networking with vSphere Standard Switches
- Setting Up Virtual Switches and Associating a Switch with a Network Interface
- Retrieving Information About Virtual Switches
- Adding and Deleting Virtual Switches
- Checking, Adding, and Removing Port Groups
- Managing Uplinks and Port Groups
- Setting the Port Group VLAN ID
- Managing Uplink Adapters
- Adding and Modifying VMkernel Network Interfaces
- Setting Up vSphere Networking with vSphere Distributed Switch
- Managing Standard Networking Services in the vSphere Environment
- Setting the DNS Configuration
- Adding and Starting an NTP Server
- Managing the IP Gateway
- Setting Up IPsec
- Managing the ESXi Firewall
- Monitoring VXLAN
- Monitoring ESXi Hosts
- Index
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Index
Numerics
3.5 LUN masks 97
A
Active Directory 25, 26
active path 47
ARP redirect 76
authentication
algorithm (IPsec) 134
default inheritance 63
key (IPsec) 134
returning to default inheritance 63
AUTOCONF 127
B
backing up configuration data 24
C
CDP 118, 119, 120
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol 62
changing IP gateway 131
CHAP 62
chapDiscouraged 62
chapPreferred 62
chapProhibited 62
chapRequired 62
Cisco Discovery Protocol 118
claim rules
adding 95
converting 97
deleting 98
from 3.5 systems 97
from LUN mask 97
listing 98
loading 98
moving 98
rule IDs 96
running 99
commands with esxcfg prefix 12
configuration data
backing up 24
restoring 24
configuration files, path 57
copying files 33
core dumps 140
ESXi Dump Collector 141
local 140
managing 141
creating directories 33
D
datastores
mounting 30
NFS 50
overview 39
default gateway 132
default inheritance 63, 80, 81
default port groups 118
dependent hardware iSCSI 59, 70, 75
device management 44, 87
device mappings 41, 42
DHCP 129, 130
DHCPV6 127
diagnostic partitions
creating 140
example 140, 141
managing 139
directory management 35
directory names with special characters 33
discovery sessions 60
discovery targets 61
disk file path 57
distributed switches 113, 114, 115, 117
DNS 128, 129, 130
downloading files 33
duplicate datastores 29
dynamic discovery 60
E
encryption algorithm (IPsec) 133
encryption key (IPsec) 134
esxcfg prefix 12
esxcli network ip commands 125
esxcli network ip dns 129
esxcli network nic commands 123
esxcli network vswitch commands 118, 120, 124
esxcli storag
nfs commands 51
esxcli storage core
claiming commands 93
claimrule commands 95
claimrule convert commands 97